Part one of term paper
The acquisition of material has often been equated with happiness in this country. This is true today, and it was true during the 1920's, the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Fiztgerald shows how Jay Gatsby is a man that believes if he has money, he can attain love and happiness. Jay Gatsby believes that money can recrea ...

Part two of term paper
... have many effects on people and society but money cannot buy happiness. The 1920's were an age of a consumer boom that was needed to keep up with the new materials and goods that came from production lines after World War I. The same beliefs and standards still exist today. Materialistic attitudes are a result of the free-market economy in this country. Consumers are led to believe they need to have all the things that businesses are trying to sell and it is this desire for material possessions ...